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Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the INSPIRE project - salary £42,045 - £46,731

A generously-salaried Experienced Researcher position is available on the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network ``Investigating Speech Perception in Realistic Environments'' (INSPIRE). This network comprises 10 European research institutes and 7 associated partners, and has the aim of training 13 PhD students and 3 postdoctoral researchers to investigate how people understand speech in challenging, real-world listening conditions (e.g., listening in noise, listening under the constraints of hearing impairment or non-native language use, etc). The position here in CSTR involves developing and extending our existing techniques for statistical parametric speech synthesis, creating tools for psychoacoustic research, and working with other researchers across the network. These tools will be aimed at investigating human speech perception processes.

You will have appropriate qualifications and meet the Marie Curie eligibility rules (see below for details). Strong programming skills are essential, as is some experience of HMM-based speech synthesis and/or HMM-based automatic speech recognition and some knowledge of phonetics and/or speech science and/or psychoacoustics. The starting date will be 7th January 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Eligibility: because this project is funded by a European funding scheme designed to increase mobility of people, you must meet the eligibility requirements set by the Marie Curie programme, including: you will have less than 5 years of full-time equivalent research experience (including time spent on your PhD), and you will not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to appointment. If in doubt, please contact us for more information on eligibility.

Informal inquiries can be made by email to Prof Simon King (Simon.King@ed.ac.uk) or Dr. Cassie Mayo (catherin@inf.ed.ac.uk).

Apply online: http://www.vacancies.ac.uk and search for vacancy ref 005086 (job title: "Marie Curie Experienced Researcher")

Research Studentships

Available studentships

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How to apply

Please see Studying for a PhD at CSTR

Further information

• Some possible topics of research in CSTR (this list is part of a longer list covering many areas of language and speech processing)

Masters Programmes

There are several Masters' programmes which act as excellent preparation for speech and language research.

• The MSc in Speech and Language Processing is ideal preparation for a PhD in any area of speech or language processing.
• The MSc in Informatics is also an excellent way to prepare for PhD study in these areas.

Internships

We have a number of internship opportunities at CSTR. Eligibility for these varies, so please read the descriptions carefully before applying. Please see Internship opportunities at CSTR for further information and application details.